Ron Moody
British actor (1924-2015) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 91
Ron Moody was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical Oliver!, originating the role in the initial London production and reprising it in the 1968 film adaptation and in West End and Broadway revivals in the 1980s.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseFilm2003
Keen EddieSeries2001
RevelationFilm, Sir Isaac Newton1993
The Animals of Farthing WoodSeries, Badger (voice) / Toad (voice)1992
Emily's GhostFilm, Dawson1990
A Ghost in Monte CarloFilm, Alphonse1984Theatre World Special AwardAward
Highway to HeavenSeries, 1984Arthur Krock Sr. / King Arthur1982
Wrong Is RightFilm, King Awad1980
DominiqueFilm, Dr. Rogers1979
Blankety BlankSeries1978
Benji's Very Own Christmas StoryFilm, Kris Kringle1976
Rocky Marciano Is DeadFilm, Harry1975
Starsky & HutchSeries, Derek Stafford1972
Shirley's WorldSeries, Matthew Quick1971
Flight of the DovesFilm, Hawk Dove1969Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyAward
David CopperfieldFilm, 1969Uriah Heep1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries, Cracker Carstairs
Every Day's a HolidayFilm, 1965Professor Leonardo Bastinado1963FestivalSeries, Joe Levene
Ladies Who DoFilm, 1963Police Inspector1961
The AvengersSeries, Ponsonby Hopkirk
Five Golden HoursFilm, 1961Gabrielle1958
DavyFilm, The Unicyclist (uncredited)1955
GunsmokeSeries, Noah Beal1924Born8 January 1924People around Ron
Close ties
Graham Stark Also in A Pair of Briefs and Ladies Who Do
Jack Wild Also in Oliver! and Flight of the Doves
John Le Mesurier Also in The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
Ronnie Stevens Also in A Pair of Briefs and San Ferry Ann- Sydney Tafler Also in Five Golden Hours and Follow a Star
Megs Jenkins Also in Oliver! and Murder Most Foul
Fred Emney Also in San Ferry Ann and The Sandwich Man
Margaret Rutherford Also in The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
Anatoli Papanov Duets: Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov
Jenny Agutter Also in Othello and Dominique
Oliver Reed Also in Oliver! and A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Richard Brooks Directed Wrong Is Right (1982)
Delbert Mann Directed David Copperfield (1969)
Michael Anderson Directed Dominique (1979)
Norman Wisdom Also in The Sandwich Man (1966)
Freddie Francis Directed Legend of the Werewolf (1975)- Joan Sims Also in A Pair of Briefs and San Ferry Ann
- Marianne Stone Also in Five Golden Hours and Ladies Who Do
- Ron Goodwin Wrote Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
John Hough Directed A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)- David Kossoff Also in Summer Holiday and The Mouse on the Moon
- Harry H. Corbett Also in Ladies Who Do and The Sandwich Man
James Hayter Also in Oliver! and David Copperfield
Henri Helman Directed Where Is Parsifal? (1983)
Known for
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Murder Most Foul 1964
Oliver! 1968
The Twelve Chairs 1970
Wrong Is Right 1982
A Kid in King Arthur's Court 1995
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 24
Media & music
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Awards
About this person
Moody earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as a Tony Award nomination for the stage production. Other notable projects include The Mouse on the Moon (1963), Mel Brooks's The Twelve Chairs (1970) and Flight of the Doves (1971), in which Moody shared the screen with Oliver! co-star Jack Wild.
